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Square of Violence
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Wikipedia article
'Square of Violence' is a 1961 drama film directed by Leonardo Bercovici and written by Eric Bercovici and Leonardo Bercovici. The film, shot in Yugoslavia, stars Broderick Crawford, Valentina Cortese, Branko Plea, Bibi Andersson and Anita Bjrk. The film was released on July 7, 1961, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
Set in Italy, the story takes place in this very country, during WW2, where German occupation army ruled everything, just before the allied forces came, in 1944. Crawford plays here a doctor whose son has been shot by the Germans. Of course he has no more taste in life. He continues his work as a German officers' physician. One day, he throws a bomb just in the middle of German troops. Many soldiers and officers are killed. Some time later, the lead officer of the Nazis troops suspects the doctor to be the responsible of the explosion. He lets him know that he himself knows.
Cast
*Broderick Crawford as Dr. Stefan Bernardi
*Valentina Cortese as Erica Bernardi
*Branko Plesa as Major Kohler
*Bibi Andersson as Maria
*Anita Bjrk as Sophia
*Bert Sotlar as Partisan Leader
*Dragomir Felba as Serafin
*Viktor Starcic as German Commandant
*Nikola Simic as Radio Operator
Yugoslav People's Army and Captain First Class Dragia Blagojevic
References
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